IBM reboots storage portfolio
IBM reckons its customers face three pressing data challenges and is realigning its storage product portfolio to measure up to them.
Update. SVC and Storage Virtualize note added at end...
Storage news roundup – March 1
Avery Design Systems has announced a validation suite supporting the Compute Express Link (CXL) industry-standard interconnect. It enables rapid and thorough system interoperability, validation and performance benchmarking of systems...
Scale adds easy-bake Edge HCI install
Scale Computing has introduced a zero (technical) touch provisioning (ZTP) feature that it says means edge computing sites need a body to unbox the kit, hook it up to...
On-prem file storage catching up to object, SAN
Just over half of Blocks & Files readers work for organizations with more than a petabyte of on-premises data and the amount of file storage is increasing considerably more...
Rakuten Symphony makes distributed stateful cloud-native 5G edge play
Japan’s Rakuten Symphony business unit is setting up automated and containerized 5G edge deployments, using acquired Robin.io technology to do what HCI edge suppliers do with virtualized server systems.
Update:...
HCI is more than a blip on GigaOm’s radar
GigaOm's latest HCI report for enterprises shows Nutanix ahead of VMware, Cisco falling behind and two new challengers. The analyst house has also posted new SMB and Edge HCI...
Dell takes VxRail hyperconverged systems to the rugged edge
As promised back in August, Dell has introduced its rugged and modular VxRail system for edge locations, the VD-4000.
VxRail is Dell’s hyperconverged compute+networking+storage+vSphere hypervisor all-in-one-enclosure system which can scale...
Verge.io hires StorONE exec as marketing chief
Virtualized datacenter startup Verge.io has appointed George Crump as its first chief marketing officer.
Crump was, until the end of 2022, CMO at StorONE before a series of executive changes...
VMware and Nutanix still dominating HCI market
IDC has resumed putting out hyperconverged system supplier revenue and market share numbers after after a three-quarter gap and not much has changed since the end of 2020 and...
VMware’s Cloud Flex Storage in AWS squares up to FSx for ONTAP
VMware has created a scalable cloud file service for its VMware Cloud on AWS, taking on NetApp’s FSx for ONTAP in provisioning storage for its VMs and Tanzu containers.
The...
Nutanix sales lift as HPE reportedly mulls acquisition
Nutanix has reported strong revenue growth despite the gloom and doom surrounding the global economic situation. Meanwhile, according to Bloomberg, HPE has held takeover talks with the hyperconverged infrastructure...
HPE sees no recession as revenues rise
HPE recorded strong quarterly revenues with little sign of any slowdown affecting the next quarter’s business, unlike NetApp. Storage did moderately well but there was a 70 percent rise...